The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY), one of New York’s leading cultural venues, presents Alban Gerhardt, cello — Bach: The Complete Cello Suites on Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 2pm ET on the Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall and streaming online. Tickets start at $40 for in-person and $25 for online streaming. Tickets are available at https://www.92ny.org/event-class-detail-pages/tisch-center/tisch-classical/events/a/alban-gerhardt. Online streaming is also available for 72 hours following the performance.

Alban Gerhardt, one of the reigning cellists of our time, brings his exquisite artistry, deep curiosity, and compelling ideas to these masterpieces in a rare NYC recital appearance. Bach packed the full range of human emotion into his cello suites. Don’t miss the chance to hear them performed in their entirety by one of their foremost interpreters.

Program:
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008
Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009
Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010
Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011
Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012

Classical music at 92NY receives major support from Marshall Weinberg.

Alban Gerhardt has gained recognition as one of the world’s most versatile cellists, highly regarded for his technical mastery, profound musicality, and insatiable artistic curiosity. Notable orchestral collaborators include Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, all the British and German radio orchestras, Berliner Philharmoniker, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestre National de France, Orquesta Nacional de España as well as The Cleveland Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic, under conductors such as Christoph von Dohnányi, Kurt Masur, Klaus Mäkelä, Christian Thielemann, Simone Young, Susanna Mälkki, Vladimir Jurowski and Andris Nelsons. Gerhardt’s wide repertoire includes all core concertos, as well as being the go-to soloist for contemporary composers.

The current season sees Alban Gerhardt collaborating with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, The Hallé, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de chambre de Paris and Warsaw Philharmonic, among others.

A keen chamber musician, Gerhardt regularly performs with pianists Steven Osborne and Alexei Volodin, the Alliage Saxophone Quintet, and new collaboration partner, accordionist Ksenija Sidorova. The 2024/25 season takes him to the Santa Catalina Festival, on tour around the U.K. with Steven Osborne, to the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and Shanghai Concert Hall. Gerhardt will also appear as artistic curator of the Schumann Festival in Dusseldorf.

Having recorded extensively for Hyperion, Gerhardt’s album of the complete Bach suites was one of The Sunday Times’s top 100 recordings of 2019. His album of Shostakovich cello concertos with the WDR Sinfonieorchester and Jukka-Pekka Saraste was awarded an ICMA in 2021. His recording of Unsuk Chin’s cello concerto, released by Deutsche Grammophon, won a BBC Music Magazine award and was shortlisted for a Gramophone award in 2015.

The 2023/24 season saw Gerhardt appearing as artist in focus at Aldeburgh Festival in June and as Duisburger Philharmoniker’s artist in residence. Additional highlights included appearances with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Gerhardt is passionate about outreach, and shares his experience and gift with audiences in schools, hospitals, and young offender institutions.

Alban Gerhardt plays a Matteo Gofriller cello dating from 1710.

About The 92nd Street Y, New York: The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY) is a world-class center for the arts and innovation, a convener of ideas, and an incubator for creativity. 92NY offers extensive classes, courses and events online including live concerts, talks and master classes; fitness classes for all ages; 250+ art classes, and parenting workshops for new moms and dads. The 92nd Street Y, New York is transforming the way people share ideas and translate them into action all over the world. All of 92NY's programming is built on a foundation of Jewish values, including the capacity of civil dialogue to change minds; the potential of education and the arts to change lives; and a commitment to welcoming and serving people of all ages, races, religions, and ethnicities. For more information, visit www.92NY.org.
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• April 6

  April 6, 2025
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